Japan to track greenhouse gases from space Japan's space agency will launch a satellite later this month to monitor greenhouse gases around the world, officials said Wednesday. [News Source]

Despite deep chill, global warming is still a peril: scientists (SpaceDaily) PARIS, Jan 7 (AFP) Jan 07, 2009 A cold front is sweeping across Europe after gripping swathes of North America last month, but the deep freeze does not mean the threat of global warming has abated, caution scientists. [News Source]

The costly compromises of oil from sand. The oil that is extracted from Canadian dirt is being portrayed as saving America from energy dependence on the unstable Middle East, or an environmental catastrophe in the making — depending on the perspective. [News Source]

Defence warns of climate conflict. Rising sea levels could lead to failed states across the Pacific and require extra naval deployments to deal with increases in illegal migration and fishing, a Defence Force analysis says. [News Source]

Green revolution: still possible amid deep recession. What's in store for 2009? Economic retreat could hamper green investment – but it could also spur a drive to move economies away from fossil-fuel dependencies. [News Source]

Why storms are good news for fishermen. We tend to assume that life in the oceans is insulated from the vagaries of the weather. But it is turning out that what goes on above the water's surface is intimately linked to the survival of the creatures below it, even far down in the depths of the ocean. [News Source]

Submarine to probe Antarctica glacier. A yellow robot submarine will dive under an ice shelf in Antarctica to seek clues to world ocean level rises in one of the most inaccessible places on earth. [News Source]

Climate change threatens Pacific, Arctic conflicts. Climate change and rising sea levels pose one of the biggest threats to security in the Pacific, and may also spark a global conflict over energy reserves under melting Arctic ice, according to Australia's military. [News Source]

Lectures to focus on climate change. Several University of Maine scientists and professors are hoping to demystify, enlighten and perhaps even engage the public in the different ways they claim climate change affects our lives. [News Source]

Australian military warns of climate conflict: report. Australia's military has warned that global warming could create failed states across the Pacific as sea levels rise and heighten the risk of conflict over resources, a report said Wednesday. [News Source]

Northeast states to develop new emissions standards. New York and 10 other Northeastern U.S. states have agreed to develop new standards for low-carbon fuels burned in car and truck engines to help reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide, the main gas blamed for global warming. [News Source]